However, if what you see is different or you see the word WARNING: you should look at our troubleshooting documentation for Debian and Whonix.

Restart Services after Upgrading

The easy way to do this is to simply reboot.

sudo reboot

Restart after Kernel Upgrades

When linux-image-... was upgraded, reboot is required to profit from security updates.

Shutdown Whonix TemplateVM

Qubes VM Manager -> right clock on TemplateVM -> Shutdown VM

Restart / Update Whonix VMs

If new updates were available and installed, you will need to either simply restart your running Whonix-Gateway ProxyVMs and running Whonix-Workstation AppVMs for them to be updated – or alternatively apply this same update process again to your running VMs if not wanting to restart them right away.